An Essay on the Play of The Tempest: With Remarks on the Superstitions of the Middle Ages; Some Original Observations on the Character of Caliban; with Various Reflections on the Writings and Genius of Shakspere. Read Before the Shakspere Club, 6th September, 1839J. Fellowes, 1840 - 58 páginas |
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... bard , therefore , under circum- stances quite uncongenial to the more advanced periods of literature , wrote for a people , emerging from the barbarism of former ages , and adapting his dramas to the spirit of the times , the efforts ...
... bard , therefore , under circum- stances quite uncongenial to the more advanced periods of literature , wrote for a people , emerging from the barbarism of former ages , and adapting his dramas to the spirit of the times , the efforts ...
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... controlling the heart of man , amidst the ruder feelings of his character ; for , like other great poets , our im- mortal bard has shown , that woman , lovely wo- man , was made to harmonize our souls ; to 12 ON THE TEMPEST .
... controlling the heart of man , amidst the ruder feelings of his character ; for , like other great poets , our im- mortal bard has shown , that woman , lovely wo- man , was made to harmonize our souls ; to 12 ON THE TEMPEST .
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... bard , regarding his character , as a moralist , we have authors , of the present day , enjoying a high distinction in letters , gravely telling us , that Shakspere , in his writings , fre- quently sacrifices virtue to convenience , and ...
... bard , regarding his character , as a moralist , we have authors , of the present day , enjoying a high distinction in letters , gravely telling us , that Shakspere , in his writings , fre- quently sacrifices virtue to convenience , and ...
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... bard , in those un- measured terms , which all , guided by candour and frankness , never can sanction . In the scenes where the higher emotions of the soul , are called into action , Shakspere is truly grand , but he is equally powerful ...
... bard , in those un- measured terms , which all , guided by candour and frankness , never can sanction . In the scenes where the higher emotions of the soul , are called into action , Shakspere is truly grand , but he is equally powerful ...
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... bard , very truly says , " that Voltaire has never taken into account , that Shak- spere has written the best comedy in our language ; that the same man should have had such variety of talents , as to have produced Macbeth , and the ...
... bard , very truly says , " that Voltaire has never taken into account , that Shak- spere has written the best comedy in our language ; that the same man should have had such variety of talents , as to have produced Macbeth , and the ...
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Página 39 - You do look, my son, in a mov'd sort, As if you were dismay'd : be cheerful, sir. Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air...
Página 23 - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Página 17 - em. Caliban. I must eat my dinner. This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak'st from me. When thou earnest first, Thou strok'dst me and mad'st much of me, wouldst give me Water with berries in't, and teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night : and then I lov'd thee, And show'd thee all the qualities o' th' isle, The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile.
Página 22 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and...
Página 45 - And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Passion as they, be kindlier mov'd than thou art/ Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick, Yet with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury Do I take part: the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further.
Página 35 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Página 1 - The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. And as imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
Página 49 - O ! wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pro.
Página 4 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the souL...
Página 53 - What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear. The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble...